Winners and Losers of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Watkins Glen

All is picturesque, scenic and tranquil during most summer afternoons in upstate New York's Finger Lakes region. But for one weekend a year, 43 cars from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with fire-belching exhaust pipes and roaring engines stampede the quiet countryside at Watkins Glen International Raceway.

The drivers bring their dramas and prerogatives using four-wheeled machines as their paint brushes leaving behind images of wafting tire smoke, crunched metal and spewed internal liquids.

For most, dreams of taking a checkered flag remain little more than fleeting optimism. Sunday, Kyle Busch finally made his dream again a reality.

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